Chapter 148 Variables
Seven days after the Battle of Yinyang.
The Mo Chu coalition army defeated Xu, and Xu's defenders fled to the wind. The Mo Chu coalition army stationed troops to attack the water and attacked Yanling with the strength of the partial division.
At this moment, an envoy came from the army.
In the secret room, the Grand Sima of Chu heard the message conveyed by the envoy.
"The king said that the soldiers were sent to Xu and could not march, repair the city and wait for peace talks."
"If the Mo family asks for war, they are not allowed, and they shall not be allowed to fight alone, so as to prevent Wei and Han from counterattacking. If they go alone, they will cut off food and grass and force them to retreat."
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The camp where the Mohist family stationed alone also received orders.
"The central government has an order to seek war urgently, and seek war with the name of rescuing Zheng to punish the unrighteousness, and ask the Chu people to march north to Xinzheng. If they do not follow, they just shout. If the Chu people ask us to fight alone, they will not be able to leave the name of no cover for infantry, and they will be asked to act together."
"The entire army is on guard and be prepared to retreat. If the Chu people turn against each other, they will violate the agreement of non-aggression alliances and can enter the Song Dynasty directly; if they do not turn against each other, they will just be a quarrel. Once the order is issued, they will immediately retreat along the Shashui River through Yangxia."
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At the same time, the Chu was Luyang, Fenxing, Yangxia, Yuguan, Lin; the Wei and Han city were the city's father, Xiangcheng, Changshe, Yongqiu, Xiangling, Daliang and other places.
Everyone received similar orders: assembled and reorganized troops, and did not go out to fight, and each defended himself as a deterrent.
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Shangqiu, I was walking indoors with my hands behind my back, smiling.
In the Battle of Yinyang, the Mo and Chu coalition forces won and the troops headed straight to Xinzheng.
In the Battle of Chengyang, the six fingers intimidated the Wei army and successively defeated Linqiu of Chengyang. The Wei people did not dare to let the Wei army fall into the city. They made an appointment to fight the Wei people to fight the decisive battle north of Maling, but the Wei people did not respond.
The situation is very good.
Shi turned around with his hands behind his back and laughed loudly.
In this battle, he did not expect to gain any actual benefits. The State of Chu could not continue fighting and would definitely choose peace talks, because if the Mo family continued to fight, they would not have any efforts to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight and become the overlord.
Wei Chu is not stupid.
This battle was crucial to the Mohist school.
This is the most critical battle after firmly taking the position of giants: after this battle, the non-aggressive faction of Si Shang and the faction that still has fantasies about the princes will completely lose its voice and completely become a supporting role in the political situation of Si Shang.
At the upcoming new round of representative meetings of the Mohist school, the non-aggressive faction and the fantasy and peace agreement faction will usher in a last blow.
The eight words of giving up fantasy and preparing for struggle are finally no longer just slogans, or the awakening after the aristocratic lords slap in the face.
Shi controlled the situation and gave the fantasy faction the last chance, but actually dug a deep pit: sent troops to interfere in Zheng State, and Chu State also cooperated. Will the Chu State choose to release a Zheng State that implements the Si Shang policy? Will Wei, Chu and Han recognize the demands of the people of Zheng State?
Haven't tried it, how do you know?
Relying on reasoning, sometimes it is difficult to explain clearly. If that is the case, let the nobles use facts to explain reasoning with those factions that have fantasy.
Previously, Shi deliberately proposed the most desired result of the fantasy factions: to form an alliance, the Xia Kingdoms replaced the Zhou emperor, and all countries stopped wars, without attacks and wars, without attacks and without fighting, without bloodshed, without war.
This is to retreat to advance, because he knows very well that this thing is impossible to achieve.
However, things that cannot be realized always sound beautiful and can be fascinating.
Not only some factions within the Mo family, but also some of the scholars in the world, felt that after becoming a giant, the Mo family was a little contrary to Mozi's meaning, fighting, not compromising, and not taking a step back.
This is not a big deal for the Mohist school, but it is inevitable that it is a bit passive in publicity.
Now after this series of things, the Mohist school has regained the initiative.
No attack, stop war, League of Nations, international law based on equality between non-attack and states, public opinion reform, royal and nobles and Mohists each took a step back...
Everything is under publicity at the beginning of the war.
It's so beautiful, it seems to be like this.
However, the better, the easier it is to break.
People who want to let those who are swaying and feel that they will take a step back and compromise will make the world peaceful with each other see with their own eyes: it is not that the Mo family is too radical, but that the nobles and princes are too bastards. The third war breaking meeting twenty years ago ended without success, and twenty years later ended with success without success.
It’s not that the Mo family wants to fight, it’s not that the Mo family wants to punish injustice to benefit the world, it’s that the princes and nobles don’t give them a chance.
Look, if the League of Nations is discussing everything? All countries have relaxed tariffs and unified tax rates, and the same language and rules. Is the cheap handicrafts of the Mohist family good for the world? The world is virtuous, and those with talent are the best, those with no talent are the best, those with no talent are the best, and those with good, so?
All are very good.
The Mo family wanted to do this, but the nobles and princes refused to agree, so there was no wonder that the Mo family would be.
He walked for a long time and finally calmed down and wrote a letter to the Central Committee of the Mo family.
There are three opinions in the letter.
Linqiu in Chengyang can be returned to the Wei State as a symbol of sincerity, but if Wei, Chu and Han cannot meet the requirements of the Mo family's bottom line, they must be prepared to move the people in several cities in the Wei State and voluntarily follow the Mo family.
We asked Wei, Chu and Han to fulfill the right of non-aggression, withdraw from Zheng State, agree to the reasonable request of the people of Xinzheng, and divide the land of the contract with the people.
We asked the disarmament of the Wei, Chu and Han countries to convene the third military alliance on the premise of agreeing to disarmament and withdrawing from Zheng State.
The key is to ask the State of Chu to continue its march, attack Xinzheng, drive away Wei and Han, and make Zheng completely neutral. The people elect new kings, formulate new laws, and allocate land, so that all countries are not allowed to station troops.
And... the monarch of Wei and Han told the world to apologize and express his repentance for the unjust battle of invasion of Zheng.
This is certainly impossible, but of course it sounds beautiful.
Therefore, we must publicize the Mohist proposals, publicize the Mohist efforts made by the world peace, praise the Wei, Chu and Han alliance in the name of maintaining peace in the Central Plains, and actively ask the Mohist to participate in the alliance, turning the Wei, Chu and Han alliance against Mo into a military silence association led by the Mohist school.
The Mohist school doesn't matter. The Mohist school can agree to all the conditions proposed by the Mohist school: for example, letting open the tax on the switch, allowing free mining, allowing people to migrate freely in summer, and changing the land system. The Mohist school can agree to all kinds of conditions, and many of them have even done it again.
But do the princes and nobles dare to agree?
The Mohist family did not rely on land tax. At most, the Mohist family could turn into an emerging bourgeoisie, with capital, technology, and industry and commerce that were stronger than other countries. All countries dared to relax the constraints of land farmers, mining rights and checkpoint taxes, and the Mohist family could make the princes restless.
What are the nobles?
Is there any noble class that does not restrict the farmer's land system? There are kind nobles, but never give up on land constraints and feudal obligations... because if you give up, you will no longer be the noble class.
After this battle, the Mohist school's strategic intentions have been achieved.
Wei was weakened, Song became a vassal of the Mo family, Zheng was divided up and the conflicts between Wei and Han increased, tempting Chu to believe that the Mo family's strategy was to go north, migrate people to make up for the Huaibei area, and force countries to build forts and expand their arms...
A few years later in history, the State of Zhao organized Wei. As the saying goes, the king must end with this. Wei participated in the dispute over the inheritance rights of Zhao. In history, Zhao Han also participated in the dispute over the inheritance rights of Wei in the year when Wei was killed.
South Korea was more conservative and hoped to divide Wei into two as a buffer, because South Korea was sure that it could not defeat Zhao; while Zhao hoped to directly abolish King Hui of Wei, establish a new king, stolen land, become a vassal, and erode Wei.
The situation is more complicated now.
There is something wrong with Zhao's strategic direction.
If the alliance between the Three Jins is reached, Zhao State cannot go south, and the capital will always be under the threat of Wei State, and the direction of using troops can only be everywhere.
Taking Gao Liu Yunzhong means a complete break with the Mo family, and Wei will be scared to death, because Si Shang may not be able to support Yunzhong, but can take Wei as hostage: Zhao and Mo family Si Shang are indeed separated by Wei, and the existence of the Three Jin alliance. Zhao State attacks Mo, and the Mo family will definitely snatch Wei. Wei State will not agree. Then the Three Jin alliance is equivalent to disintegration, and Zhao State dare not attack the Mo family alone.
Attacking Zhongshan is the best choice for the Mohist family to block Zhao's north and use border trade to provide Zhao with a steady stream of tax revenue. This matter depends on the follow-up of the Battle of Yinyang. If the Mohist family is "betrayed" by princes and nobles, and he will never mention the non-attack and stop the war again in grief and anger, it will definitely be the best choice.
When attacking Qi, we have to consider the attitude of the Mo family. Wei and Zhao jointly attack Qi and threaten the flanks of Si Shang, the Mo family will definitely not agree.
Attacking Yan is also a good choice, but it is worse than attacking Zhongshan. Zhongshan is sandwiched between Zhao Yan, so it is best to destroy Zhongshan first and then plot against Qi Yan.
On the other hand, if Zhao State is not prepared to form an alliance between the Three Jins and attack Wei, there are pros and cons.
Li, attacked Wei with Qin, defended Handan, and acquired Hebei, and the situation in Zhao State was much better.
Disadvantages: If Wei State is over, Zhao State will face the threat from Qin, Mo and Chu directly, and lack allies.
Chapter completed!